Lori Fife

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Professional Experience

: Current; Galvex Holdings Ltd. Sale of Certain Assets and Equity Interests of Galvex Holdings Ltd. Represented Galvex Holdings Ltd. in the sale of certain assets and equity interests to SPCP Group LLC.

: Current; Sunbeam Corporation In re Sunbeam Corp. Successfully defended Sunbeam Corporation against an appeal in which a stockholder challenged Sunbeam’s reorganization plan. more

: Current; NABI Autobuszipari Rt. Sale of NABI, Inc. and the Business Assets of NABI, Rt. Represented NABI Bus Industries Rt. and its US subsidiary, North American Bus Industries Inc., in its approximately $115 million debt and equity restructuring. Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co., LLC in New York and Numerica LLP in London were the financial advisors to NABI. The business, assets and bank debt of NABI were sold to private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, for an undisclosed sum in one of the major private equity transactions in Hungary in 2006.

: Current; Galvex Holdings Limited Sale of Assets of Galvex Holdings Ltd. Represented Galvex Holdings Ltd. in its sale of substantially all of its assets and represented Galvex Trade, Galvex Estonia OÜ, and Galvex Holdings' other affiliates in obtaining the dismissal of their chapter 11 cases. The Galvex entities own and manage the largest independent steel galvanizing facility in Europe, located in Tallinn, Estonia’s industrial port. more

: Current; Loral Space & Communications Reorganization under Chapter 11 Represented Loral Space & Communications in cross-border restructuring effective under chapter 11. Company successfully operationally restructured and comprehensively recapitalized. more

: Current; Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquisition of aaiPharma Inc. Represented Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc in the acquisition of aaiPharma Inc. more

: Current; Nabi Autóbuszipari Rt. Debt and equity restructuring and disposal of non-core assets Represented NABI Bus Industries Rt. ("NABI") and its US subsidiary, North American Bus Industries Inc., in an approximately $115 million debt and equity restructuring and disposal of non-core assets. more

: Current; Prudential Financial Inc.|Pruco Life Insurance Company In re Helig-Meyers Bankruptcy We represented Prudential as the defendant in a preference claim in connection with the Helig-Meyers bankruptcy. Our client had approximately $70 million at stake. After a three week bench trial, the bankruptcy judge delivered a complete verdict in our favor. more

: Current; WorldCom Inc. In re WorldCom, Inc. (Embratel Sale Hearing) WGM successfully represented WorldCom Inc. (formerly MCI) within the WorldCom bankruptcy regarding the sale of Embratel, the Brazilian long distance concessionaire to Telmex, the Mexican telephone company. Since WorldCom had made a motion for sale approval while it was still in chapter 11, MCI had to get the Court’s approval for this sale. This representation involved multiple WGM practice groups. In the end, the court, ruled in favor of the sale. more

: Current; MCI, Inc. Sale of Embratel Participações S.A by MCI, Inc. (WorldCom, Inc.) Represented MCI, Inc. (WorldCom, Inc.) in the $400 million sale of its investment in Embratel Participações S.A to Telefonos de Mexico (TELMEX). more

: Current; WorldCom (MCI, Inc.) Sale of WorldCom's Wireless Broadband Business Represented WorldCom in the sale of its wireless broadband business to Nextel Spectrum Acquisition Corp. more

: Current; MCI Reorganization of WorldCom/MCI Represented WorldCom, as debtor, in its chapter 11 reorganization, resulting in the reorganized MCI. more

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